The lexicon of Proto Oceanic -

McEldowney 1995

McEldowney, Phyllis H. 1995. Subsistence Intensification in the late prehistory of Manus. The Australian National University dissertation.

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Sections

1.5 Horticultural Practices
- Food plants
2.4 The Seascape
- Introduction
- Tides
- Reefs
3.2 Introducing Proto Oceanic plant names
- The relationship between garden and bush in Proto Oceanic society
3.7 Wild plants of primary lowland tropical rain forest
- Caryota rumphiana, black palm, fishtail palm, TP waillimbum (Arecaceae)
4.2 Fish
- Goatfishes (Mullidae)
- Conclusion

Words

Baluan: lolome(k) the communal activity of planting tubers
Andra: hu large rectangular net, used in pairs
Andra: lau long medium-mesh barrier net, held upright by floats and weights and secured by men at intervals